What is Peripheral Vascular Disease?
Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is any number of disease processes that can affect the vascular tree in the extremitties. It can be artrial, venous or lymphatic in nature.
Arterial PVD by example is a bulid up of plaque in the arties that exist in the legs. When this occurs, blood flow is slowd and some structures of your body, such as your skin, muscle and soft tissue, do not get enough oxygen-rich blood.
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